Schumaker Pond


Schumaker Pond is a 35-acre pond created by damming Beaverdam Creek, in Wicomico County, Maryland. The pond is owned by the City of Salisbury. Maximum lake depth is 5 feet near the dam in old creek channel.

Aquatic life

has been documented in the pond since 1990 and typically reaches 100% coverage. Nine species of fish have been identified in the pond:
  1. Largemouth bass
  2. Bluegill sunfish
  3. Creek chubsucker
  4. Golden shiner
  5. Pumpkinseed sunfish
  6. Chain pickerel
  7. Black crappie
  8. Brown bullhead
  9. American eel
In the 1950s-60s Schumaker Pond was popular for swimming, but swimming has since been banned due to the large quantities of E-Coli bacteria in the water.